AS Cranleigh prepared to remember its war dead at the weekend, pupils at Glebelands School were getting a taste of trench warfare.

Renowned historical educational and re-enactment group, Khaki on Campaign, visited the school on Friday last week to allow Year 9 students the opportunity to handle artefacts and take part in demonstrations to experience weapons and warfare.

It is linked to the work that the students have been carrying out in class, studying topics such as trench warfare and new technology during the First World War.

“It has been a valuable, informative and fun learning experience for the Year 9s and has helped to consolidate the learning that has taken place within the classroom,” said a school spokesman.